22 results
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
- Right Ventricular ... /4 of cases of stress ... also involves the right ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Clinical #POCUS
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Cardiomyopathy ... EKG nonspecific, Serial ... Admit ==> Positive stress ... #HOCM #HCM #clinical ... plax #cardiology #pocus
Apical 4-chamber (A4) Apical 4 Chamber view demonstrating the right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left
ventricle (RV), right ... atrium (RA), left ... orientation of the septum ... #Clinical #EM # ... Cardiology #POCUS
Large atrial septal defect on cardiac POCUS with an oddly satisfying bubble study.

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Bubble
Large atrial septal ... defect on cardiac ... POCUS with an oddly ... #SeptalDefect #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
saline) in the right ... #septal #defect ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... echocardiogram to workup ... right-heart failure ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... septum might look ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #a4c
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Cardiac Causes ... Myocardium • Right ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Acute Respiratory Distress
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Major Clinical Trials ... NEJM 1999 - ICU FOCUS ... NEJM 2013 - UGIB TRISS ... - NEJM 2018 - Cardiac ... critically ill, septic
Huge right atrial myxoma on POCUS Echocardiogram

Notice the typical attachment to the inter-atrial septum (fossa ovalis)
Huge right atrial ... myxoma on POCUS ... septum (fossa ovalis ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4c